April 7, 2025 10:30 pm ET
The final time Michael Chandler had his hand raised, he scored among the best KOs lately.
In Could 2022, Chandler confronted former UFC interim light-weight champion Tony Ferguson at UFC 274 in Phoenix. After a shaky spherical by which he bought wobbled by Ferguson, Chandler got here again with a vengeance to place the lights out on Ferguson with a nasty entrance kick to the chin within the very first seconds of Spherical 2. It was a brutal scene that bought Chandler a $50,000 Efficiency of the Evening bonus.
You may watch Chandler’s highlight-reel end within the video above.
Chandler (23-9 MMA, 2-4 UFC) returns to the cage this Saturday within the co-main occasion of UFC 314 (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+) at Kaseya Middle in Miami. He takes on former Cage Warriors champion Paddy Pimblett (22-3 MMA, 6-0 UFC) in a light-weight bout.
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